/*
 * Copyright 2011 Subhabrata Ghosh <subho.ghosh at langene.net>.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */



package net.langene.nlp.model.en;

//~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------

import net.langene.nlp.model.AbstractPOS;
import net.langene.nlp.model.EnumPosType;

//~--- classes ----------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 *
 * @author Subhabrata Ghosh <subho.ghosh at langene.net>
 */
public class POS extends AbstractPOS {
    private EnumPOS	pos = null;

    //~--- constructors -------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Construct a new instance of an English POS tag.
     * 
     * @param name POS tag name.
     * @param word Word this tag is associated to.
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public POS(String name, String word) throws Exception {
        pos = EnumPOS.parseEnum(word, name);
    }

    //~--- methods ------------------------------------------------------------

    @Override
    public String name() {
        return pos.name();
    }

    @Override
    public int value() {
        return pos.value();
    }

    @Override
    public EnumPosType type() {
        return pos.getType();
    }
}


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